Yasuo Suzuki

Yasuo Suzuki
鈴木保男
Personal information
Full name	Yasuo Suzuki
Date of birth	April 30, 1913
Place of birth	Kanagawa, Japan
Position(s)	Defender
Youth career
????	Tokyo Daihachi High School
????–1935	Waseda University
Senior career*
Years	Team
	Waseda WMW
International career
1934–1936	Japan
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Yasuo Suzuki (鈴木保男, Suzuki Yasuo, April 30, 1913 – ?) was a Japanese football player. He played for Japan national team.

Club career

Suzuki was born in Kanagawa Prefecture on April 30, 1913. He played for Waseda WMW was consisted of his alma mater Waseda University players and graduates. At this club, he played many Japan national team players Motoo Tatsuhara, Tadao Horie and so on.

National team career

In May 1934, when Suzuki was a Waseda University student, he was selected Japan national team for 1934 Far Eastern Championship Games in Manila. At this competition, on May 15, he debuted against Philippines. In 1936, he was selected Japan for 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin. Japan completed a come-from-behind victory first match against Sweden. The first victory in Olympics for the Japan and the historic victory over one of the powerhouses became later known as "Miracle of Berlin" (ベルリンの奇跡) in Japan. In 2016, this team was selected Japan Football Hall of Fame. He did not play in against Sweden. However, he played next match against Italy instead of Tadao Horie fractured his right arm. He played 2 games for Japan until 1936.^[1]